Lawrence (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
ATHM Textile Industry Publications on Microfilm
Collection
Identifier: 6524/012 mf
Abstract
Microfilm collection of letters, press relesases, petitions, and pamplets relating to the arrest and imprisonment of Joseph Ettor and the "Bread and Roses" strike in Lawrence, MA in 1912.
Dates:
undated
B. Downey Collection of Silk Manufacturing Engravings
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6528 G
Dates:
undated
Essex Company Glass Plate Negatives
Collection
Identifier: 6633 GPN
Abstract
Photographs of water turbines, canal construction and repair, storm damage, as well as other subjects. Most of the photographs were taken in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1890-1927
Henry F. Bedfore Collection of Lawrence Textile Strike Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 6692 P
Abstract
Photographs from the end of the Lawrence Textile Strike on March 14, 1912, Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1912-03
Henry F. Bedfore Collection of Textile Related Graphics
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6692 G
Roland D. Sawyer Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 6871
Scope and Contents
Ettor writes on letterhead of the Essex County Jail and House of Correction, thanking Sawyer for his support, attesting his innocence, and his loyalty to the working class. Collection also contains copies of press releases issued at the time of the Lawrence textile strike. They include: "Socialist Candidate Speaks for Ettor," in which Rev. Sawyer, the Socialist candidate for governor of Mass., likened Ettor and Giovannitti to William Lloyd Garrison and other leaders of the abolitionist...
Dates:
1859